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be removed with the knife, or, if very thin, it may be inserted 

 with the bud. The leaf that occurs below each bud may be 

 severed where the blade joins the petiole, and the latter left 

 for a handle. The bud and the bark removed with it should 

 be inserted in the cleft in the stock and care taken to see that 

 the cambium of bud and stock are in contact. The bark of the 

 stock should be tied securely about the bud with two or three 

 turns of twine or waxed cotton, but the bud itself must not 

 be covered, and as 

 soon as it has been 

 incorporated with 

 the stock, which 

 should occur in 

 about ten days, the 



wrappings must be .4 1^1 t* 



removed. The bud 

 remains dormant 

 until spring, and 

 as soon as growth 

 begins, the part of 

 the stock above 

 the bud should be 

 removed and the 

 latter left to form 



the new plant. In budding young plants the bud is inserted 

 about two inches above the soil ; in larger specimens it may be 

 inserted anywhere on the young growth. By selecting buds 

 of different varieties one may have several kinds of fruit on 

 the same tree. While budding, neither bud nor stock should 

 be allowed to become dry. It is also well to bud on the north 

 side of the stock, where the bud will not be exposed to the 

 sun. Several other forms of budding are in use, but the prin- 

 ciple is the same in all. In ring, flute, or annular budding a 

 piece of bark extending part way around the stock is removed 



Flo. 140. Three stages in the operation of budding 

 In the figure on the right the work has heen completed 



